Thursday, December 1, 2011

And The Grand Canyon with Katie!






You can barely see it but there are people over on top of that cliff to the left! That gives you a idea how awesomely large the Grand Canyon
really is!!!

Hopi Point . . . a favorite place to view the canyon. Hopi Point is one of the most popular viewpoints for watching the sunset and sunrise because of its wide vistas. The Colorado River comes into view to the west.
Ok, it looks pretty simple that Katie is "just" sitting there looking out
over the canyon . . . BUT it was kinda of scary
because there really wasn't much ground below you
if you were to slip and fall. I told Katie
I don't want to go home from the Grand Canyon and say oh, yeah
we lost Katie to the CANYON! BE CAREFUL
Tom almost freaked OUT!


Okay, so Tom isn't freaking out here. I was cuz I didn't want him to lean on me and stumble and knock me over. It was a beautiful sight though!











Again, here you can see little tiny tiny people over on the next cliff over from us. The canyon is just plain MASSIVE!
This is the scary point where Tom was pacing!




This was taken at Hermits Rest located at the far West end of the Grand Canyon National Park. It is here that there is a beautiful building with a awesome fireplace built by . . . . Mary Colter, one of Grand Canyon's most famous architects, built Hermits Rest in 1914 to look like an old miner's cabin, complete with a giant fireplace and front porch.






The Colorado River as it winds
down through the Grand Canyon
This is taken at the East end of the National Park looking Northward. At Desert View.


Sunset on the Grand Canyon east end at Desert View.


We had a nice time. It was a beautiful day. We wish we could have taken Kim with us too but that was not to be. Glad we were able to spend the weekend with the twins and now they are back in Utah and we are back in California. Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving Week too!

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